Jennifer and I will be landing in San Fransisco in the next 20 minutes or so. Then, around 4 hours later, we will be boarding a plane to Auckland to visit our daughter Elaine. It’s 9 years since we were last in New Zealand and we’re looking forward to spending the next four weeks there.

Planning to ...

I also decided to have a go, despite having a bit of a head cold. Breathing totally shot after about 300m, but just kept plodding away at a snail’s pace. Finished in just under 7 minutes. :oops:

As it remains open until tomorrow, I’ll see if I can persuade the lovely Jennifer to give it a go in ...

Felt a bit sorry for Tottenham and Ange last night - they are missing so many players with injuries, and Liverpool never gave them a chance to get into it. I don't feel people should blame the manager, as there's only so much you can do, although I would not be surprised to see him get sacked as a ...

So I managed to have a preliminary attempt at the CTC today. Target was to stay under 2 minutes pace and I just about managed that, finishing in 1:09.2 at 1:55.3 pace.

I entered my time on the new CTC website and I noticed that they are no longer showing rankings for incomplete boats. And the two ...

Don't overdo it Paul - there's plenty more time this month to have another go and post an improved time!


Thanks Mike

I was sorely tempted to have a go today, but the slight twinge I’m still feeling in my right hamstring caused me to be sensible. Any return to the erg will be relatively short ...

Very well put, Mike.

Although I’d be interested in knowing which 6 or 7 clubs you have in mind. I presume Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea are part of this group. In recent years, Tottenham have been part of the top 6, but clubs like Newcastle and Aston Villa have been nibbling ...

Thanks Jon. That was very helpful. I’m all signed up. Now all I need to do is attempt this month’s challenge.

My back was OK after Sunday’s short row, but I’ve had a twinge in my right hamstring since then, which is presumably related to my short session. I might leave it another day or so before ...

Interesting thread webberg. As a long suffering Tottenham fan, I agree with your comments about money and the richest clubs circumventing the financial fair play rules. It’s unconscionable that Everton and Notts Forest received points deductions last season, while Man City have ridden roughshod over ...

I figure I should be able to do this challenge, even with my current lack of fitness.

I clicked on the link to CTC and there seems to be a new website running it. How do I create an account on this website?

Got on the erg today for the first time in over a year. Managed to do 1k in 4:51.0. I didn't push it, but I was happy to break 5 minutes. I honestly had no idea what to expect.

I've been suffering from lower back issues for a number of years now, but have given up going to the physio (for now) and ...

Thanks Alan. Also nice to see you back on the erg.

I'm about to go out and do a slow 1k on the erg during half time in the Brentford Spurs match.

Great to see you back in the saddle, Mike. And those HM times are not at all shabby.

It's over a year since I last did any erging. I'm still suffering from lower back pain, but I think I might risk doing some gentle erging and see whether it improves or worsens matters.

plummy wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:24 am I knew the lyric but not the song or artist. I began to think this had appeared here before and it did, back in June 2021.

Oops! And it was me who posted it previously.

Doesn’t look like anyone knows this. The song is Dancing On My Own, written by Robyn and covered by Calum Scott.

The version I heard is a cover by an English singer of a song written by a Swedish singer-songwriter. It was a big hit in the UK in 2016.

Actually, I would have known that if I hadn’t been AWOL for a couple of weeks.

So I heard this song tonight and decided “why not”.

I’m in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh oh oh.

I’m in a deep state of depression today following the overnight news. I can only imagine how much worse those living in the States feel.

Correct song, despite my getting the lyrics wrong. Over to you.

A subject I have been following with intense interest for quite some time.

What surprises me is how little people over this side of the pond are tuned into what is happening in the good old US of A and the danger that is threatened to the planet as a whole if that deplorable fascist manbaby Trump ...

It’s now October and my first time posting here in a while. I’m close to returning (gently) to some erging and, as the person who started this thread, I feel it’s my responsibility to resuscitate it.

Usually, I check to see if a song I choose has been posted previously, but I decided not to bother ...

Wow! I've only just seen this and you've really been through the wars Plummy! Very sorry to hear about all your troubles and best wishes for your future recovery.

Having not on the erg since end October when I did that month's CTC, I decided to give this month's challenge a go. After all, how hard could it be to do 250m @ 22SPM?

After struggling through my first two intervals, I decided to stop and assess how I was doing. To my chagrin, I found I had ...

That didn't help much I gather.
Nowadays the future of the world is quite uncertain. In this song time left on the planet is very specifically limited. It's from the early 70's. Earth hasn't died in the announced time-frame.


I posted my previous reply before I read your last post. We’ve ...

Interesting lyrics. I didn’t recognise them, so I decided to Google the song.

I’d never heard the song before, nor was I even aware of its existence. It was never released as a single, so I think only fans of the artist will know the song.

One thing that struck me about the song is the fact that ...

Yikes! That’s two in a row that I knew, but wasn’t quick enough. You snooze, you lose!